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		Wowfunhappy on Nov 11, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: An updated daily front page of The New York Times ... I wonder if one of those non-backlit memory LCDs could do the trick. (The kind of display used on the Playdate console, and I believe most Pebble smartwatches.)

epse on Nov 12, 2020 [–]

Pebble was actually e-ink

TeMPOraL on Nov 12, 2020 | [–]

No, it wasn't. It was low-power memory LCD, advertised as "e-paper" (note that it's distinct from e-ink).

See e.g. this teardown: https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Pebble+Teardown/13319.

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